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Hi Bloggers.

As promised, today I'm sharing one of the samples from tomorrow's shows. It's quite a simple card, I've used one of the Lustre Embossing Powders that are on the shows. It's from a new collection I've put together for the shows, scroll down to the bottom of this post to see all the colours.

Here's the card -

For the background, I popped some Coconut White Card inside the Couture Creations Nuevo Embossing Folder and ran it through the Grand Calibur. I ran it through a second time to extend the design and inked around the edges with Scattered Straw Distress Ink. I wrapped some Cream Satin Edged Organza Ribbon around the background, securing at the back.


I stamped the image from the Creative Expressions Posy Florals 2 Stamp Set using Perfect Medium and embossed with Cosmic Shimmer Tropic Yellow Lustre Embossing Powder. I cut it out using a Spellbinders Fancy Postage Edge die and inked through the die with Scattered Straw.

I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set, again using Perfect Medium and embossed with Tropic Yellow Lustre Powder. I cut it out using a Spellbinder Labels 25 die and inked through the die with Scattered Straw.

I tied a bow using Cream Satin Edged Organza Ribbon. I pressed a Fancy Pearl Embellishment into a Perfect Medium Pad, added Tropic Yellow Lustre, tapped off the excess and heat set. I added a couple of Cream Pearl Decorative Stick Pins to the back of the bow.

I assembled the card as shown adding some dots of Cosmic Shimmer Pearlescent PVA in White around the edges.

Here are the colours in the set for tomorrow's shows -

You will find that there is more mica residue left behind with the darker colours but you can work with that when you ink through the die - Victorian Velvet and Fired Brick work well with Burnt Red Lustre (it's more of a dark pink than red, I think), Broken China works well with Lapis Sapphire Lustre, Mustard Seed and Scattered Straw work well with Tropic Yellow Lustre. All the powders in the collection (except Lapis Sapphire which was out of stock) can be found in my Amazon Store here.

The shows tomorrow are at 8am (with Leonie) and 3pm (with Paul).

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.